You Had To Ask?!?

After 6 Years of Proof They Don't, You Ask “Have They No Shame?” ?!?
by The Old Hippie Concerning Amy Goodman's Question.

After these past six years of proof-after-proof of the fact that they seriously have no shame, and really don't care that you care that they don't...  You can still ask a question like this, as if you are surprised by it?  Seriously?  Still asking, as if your expressed outrage would have any effect on them, or their criminally destructive, (but oh so profitable,) actions, whatsoever?!? I have finally reached that point, (after six years of open, smug, arrogant, sneering, profits-over-even-life criminality by this current administration,) that when others on “our” side, (like Ms. Goodman, et al,) indicate they are surprised, and express

outrage at, can still “question,” the things these destructive criminals keep being “allowed” to get away with... day-after-day, week-after-week, year-after-year...  I can not deny that it sincerely blows me away when I see questions like this, at this late stage of our own self-destruction.

Anyway...  →  Here is the direct link to her question, “Have They No Shame?”  ←

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And to answer...  They have no shame...  (duh.)
→  As, Once Again Arrogantly Proven Here.  ←
by their sycophantic and shared corporate boards of directors controlled media.
(You know, “our” mainstream media, the 57th freest press in the world!)

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Yep -

This Week's, “Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself...” Article.
by William Rivers Pitt, whom also speaks with a unique clarity.

→  Direct Link To The Original At Truthout.org  ←

Mr. Pitt opens with a Hunter S. Thompson quote, “Fear is just another word for ignorance.”  And that is a truism.  But I do have to admit...  I truly fear my nation's citizenry's ignorances of their own “allowing” fears, apathy, arrogance, unjustified hubris, and/or denial.  It is a fear that has gone from bad, worse, worst, and Mr. Pitt's “beyond,” to something more than the simple abstract fear of political consequences, to a real fear for myself, my family's, my friend's, and my nation's, survival, and not to mention this planet's human-friendly environmental sustainability.

What takes me to Mr. Pitt's “beyond,” concerning this “the-sky-is-falling!” Chicken Little doom-and-gloom fear, is that so many others, a lot more knowledgeable than myself... also see it, feel it, and are expressing it, it being this fear of this nation's ignorances of its own self-destruction that has now been “allowed” to reach “beyond” any sane boundary of rational acceptance.

For so much that is now irreparable...  “Wake the fuck up!” is simply too late now.

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Did you miss the video “Below The Fold” in the previous posting?  Don't.  Go watch it now - Here is the direct link to it.

It is 3/4 of an hour long, so do give yourself a block of quality time to give it the attention it, and you, need to absorb its displayed reality.

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Reality Observed. . .

Some Have The Ability To See The Actual Reality - Here Are But A Few...
by The Old Hippie Because it is Getting Worse by the Hour, as Your “Allowing” Continues.

-  “We Are Now In The Danger Zone:”       An excellent hour at Democracy Now!  Well worth anyone's time.   -  We Face Worldwide Drought - With No Contingency Plan       As droughts reach record levels from Atlanta to Australia...   -  “The Not-So-Sick Man of Europe Does Matter”       Presented with Mr. Scott Ritter's usual, but unique clarity.   -  “Privatized Hell Revisited”       The last few paragraphs will get to you...

In Case You Have Forgotten. . .

“But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant.  As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence.  And any who act as if freedom's defenses are to found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America.”

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“The End of America - A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot”
Watch this very disturbing 48-min. video, and then buy Ms. Wolf's book.  Or just watch the video.
Or just read the book.  Then “spread the word.”  Time is running out.

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Enjoy. . .

Hey - It's Just A Video - Right?
by David Vincent of Art of Mental Warfare and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails



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Nice video - huh?

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Ummm...

Guess What? - The “Unelectable” Dennis Kucinich Takes Iowa, New Hampshire And 45 Other States In A National Grassroots Democrat Poll
by PR Newswire-US Newswire, Nov. 7, 2007

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich topped all other Democratic Presidential candidates in 47 of 50 states in the first nationwide poll of grassroots, activist Democrats, according to final figures released today by the Howard Dean-founded Democracy for America (DFA) political action committee.

Unfortunately, the owners of “our” media have chosen someone - anyone - else...

→  Here is the Direct Link to the Original Full Artical  ←

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And you actually thought we still lived within a functioning democracy, that is not controlled by the shared boards of directors of the six media corporations, the military-industrial-congressional-complex, the extractive corporations, the pharmaceutical corporations, the ag-chem corporations, et al...  and their sycophants, that now control 100% of all of “our” nation's governmental structures, i.e. the cabinet, the regulatory agencies, and all the “Department of” departments???  That's not a rhetorical question - Do you believe the America you grew up in...  You remember...  the “of, by, and for the people,” America... still exist?

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Resistance Is Not Futile.

It Is Not Over.  We Have Lost A Lot, But We Have Not Yet “Lost.”
by The Old Hippie Because You Can Still Stop Them, And Repair Most Of The Damage.

Let's review. . .  The dollar is pretty much hit rock bottom, many of the world's tourist shops no longer accept dollars, it's too weak for even them.  Habeas Corpus is gone, even for an American citizen.  Our nation now “legally” tortures human beings.  If you are not one of the top 1% wealthiest Americans then your healthcare ranks at the bottom of the 1st world nations, most of the 2nd world nations, and even a growing number of 3rd world nations.  Our nation has incarcerated more of our own citizens than any other nation, in history, in raw numbers and percentage of population.  We have the 57th freest press, 57th.  Owned and controlled by just six corporations who share their boards of directors with the military-industrial-corps, et al.  We spend more of our nations money on the military-industrial-congressional-complex than all of the other nations... combined, and you allowed our domestic social and structural safety net programs to be “sacrificed” to support that flow of our nation's wealth into the hands of the few.  The national debt is now well over 9-trillion dollars.  This administration as borrowed more money from other nations than all of our pervious administrations... combined.  We are the largest polluter nation on the planet.  We are the only “advanced” nation that questions global warming's realities.  Not to mention that the invasion of Iraq has been clearly proven to have been known, before hand by this administration, to be an illegal War of Aggression, the one worst war crime, that embodies all of the other war crimes.  All of “our” regulatory agencies are now controlled, from the top down, by the very people the agencies were originally created to regulate.  Blackwater, et al.  The highest death rate, (per capita and raw numbers,) by violence of citizen against citizen in the world.  25% of Americans can not find the United States on a world map.  Separation of Church and State is in reality, gone...  ... ...

{-The Way Many Picture Me-}

You know something?  I was wrong.  When I started this posting with the positive statement that... “We have not lost.” We have lost.  And all of us are guilty, but you allowers who from the start, to even now, who have done nothing to stop them... are even more guilty - Fuck you all so very much - I kept looking for the citizens of my nation to wake up - But that just didn't happen.  Denial and apathy set in instead.  It is already over, and most of you out there don't even know it yet.  It is going to get worse yet - far worse. The 2008 election can no longer save us, but it can make it even worse than it already is.

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Not a lot to say - Right?

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Another Reality Check. . .

Some Have The Ability To See Our Reality - Here Are But A Few...
by The Old Hippie Because You Insanely Continue To “Allow” it To Get Worse.

-  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #1       This cannot stand if the country we know and cherish is to survive.   -  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #2       Can't afford that operation?  Fly to another country.   -  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #3       Blackwater’s Brothers  - and -  Blackwater's Loopholes.   -  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #4       The government's top watchdog warns of a coming catastrophe.

But what is even more important - You have done absolutely nothing about it - Have you?
Ben Franklin was right - You deserve neither security nor freedom - And guess what?
Both are going away faster, and some are completely gone - And as predicted. . .
My nation's Constitution was undone by our enemies within, not from without.

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[ A Windows Media video, right-click for Zoom, etc. controls.  Original Here. ]

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Do You Really Understand?

Maybe You Should Spend Some Quality Time At The Following Link...

The  → “Gee, I wish I understood this link.” ←  Link.

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If you spent any real quality time inside that link, then maybe you’re beginning to understand.

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Best Must Read Of The Day -

The idea of a consumer-led environmental movement has pollution-belching multi-nationals rolling in the aisles — and the joke is on you.
by David S. Bernstein, in The Phoenix, Nov. 7, 2007

→  Direct Link To Original Here  ←

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That's all for now - Just read it -

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Wise Words Warning -

Simply Stated - Not Simply Done.

Quote of the Week from The Crisis Papers Site

“There is, I believe, only one solution to the crisis we face.  The American people must make the decision to dismantle both the empire that has been created in their name and the huge, still growing military establishment that undergirds it.  It is a task at least comparable to that undertaken by the British government when, after World War II, it liquidated the British Empire.  By doing so, Britain avoided the fate of the Roman Republic - becoming a domestic tyranny and losing its democracy, as would have been required if it had continued to try to dominate much of the world by force.”  . . .  Chalmers Johnson

A Guide for the Perplexed:  Intellectual Fallacies of the War on Terror

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What's Important 101

“What's Important” Doesn't Always Make It To The Headlines. . .
by Jonathan Schwarz on 11/06/07 at Mother Jones Blog

Bipartisan Effort To Strengthen War Powers Act

A bipartisan group of six congressmen—Jones (R-NC), Delahunt (D-MA), Abercrombie (D-HI), Brady (D-PA), Gilchrest (R-MD) and Ron Paul (R-TX)—have introduced a bill strengthening the 1973 War Powers Act.  This is an important development for those who care about boring old things like democracy, yet it's gotten little attention online and almost none in the regular media.

To learn more, start with an impressively honest column by George Will and Chris Weigant's useful analysis.  You can also check out the bill itself, press releases from Delahunt and from Jones, and well as stories from the Sun-Journal in North Carolina, Voice of America and CNS News.

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Nothing else at this time - Just read the 9 in-text links listed above.

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Yep -

From Tommy Tomorrow at This Modern World



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Actually the insane and ongoing “allowing” by our citizenry is just as scary.

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Reality Check. . .

Some Have The Ability To See Our Reality - Here Are But A Few...
by The Old Hippie Because You Insanely Continue To “Allow” it To Get Worse.

-  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #1       $100 a barrel?  Some said... “Not in our lifetime.”   -  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #2       Not to mention their record $3.95 billion in profits - 2nd link here.     -  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #3       Us - Not viewed as current events - But rather as history.   -  It Is Getting Worse, Not Better #4       But then it's not your backyard. . .  Right?

But what is even more important - You have done absolutely nothing about it - Have you?
Ben Franklin was right - You deserve neither security nor freedom.

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Minimum Security by Stephanie McMillan
The last 25 (to date) strips, in one pic - Enjoy.
[ Bar None, (imho) - The Best Of The "Big Picture" Op-Ed Cartoonists ]

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Umm. . .

You Know He Was Right. . .
Because Hope Never Dies?

“First they ignore you,                 then they ridicule you,                                     then they fight you,                                                         then you win.”  --- Mahatma Gandhi We would currently be somewhere between the ridicule you, and the fight you portion of that famous quote - Right?  Not that it matters to our apathetic citizenry.

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Nothing else at this time...

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As Bad As It Is Already. . .

It Will Get Far “Doomier and Gloomier,” Due To Your “Allowing.”
by The Old Hippie Because You “Allow” Them To Increasingly Fuck You - Without Revolt.

Just two “reality checks,” both well worth your time.  First up is a video, (only 5:14,) from Woodshopfilms.com - “Collateral23-And the Prize Goes To...” concerning Dr. James E. Hansen's research into the reality of global warming.  Second is an article, by George Minbiot, one of my favorite journalist at the Guardian UK, concerning a novel, (“The Road”) about a thought experiment into just how bad your current “allowing” will take us all.

{-The Way Many Picture Me-}

Those two links by themselves are a start, but don't stop there, don't just yawn and “turn the page...”  Do some real investigation on your own using this last bastion of free-flow-information - the internet, before the corporatists that fear its freedom are allowed to get suppressing control of your ability to view it, or the thought-experiment novel discussed above will, (not could, nor maybe...) become of our collective reality.  [Hyperbole?  Bombast?] “Reality of Interest” (in the sidebar to the right,) list several excellent reality-based postings within this blog to help you to expand your own ongoing investigations into your current politically-spun and “allowed” reality.

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That's it for today...

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